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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I will co-sponsor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>~David<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Celebrate Life, Set the Bar High and LIVE FREE</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>~David Pratt Demarest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>LNC Region 6 Representative (IA, IL, MN, MO, ND, NE, WI)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Secretary, LPNE State Central Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Cell: 402-981-6469<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Home: 402-493-0873<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces@hq.lp.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Caryn Ann Harlos<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> lnc-business <lnc-business@lp.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Lnc-business] Marijuana Resolution - revision - request for co-sponsors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Starchild re-worked this and said he would be willing to co-sponsor. Chair Watts is satisfied with it:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>the current federal classification of cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act as a Schedule 1 drug having no medicinal value is an inaccurate classification at odds with the findings of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine and those of many other researchers; and</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> this dishonest classification is an impediment both to useful academic research, and to realizing the economic benefits that legalization offers; and </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> cannabis is a drug with few harmful effects and zero documented fatalities which is even safer when not forced into the black market, where labeling, testing, and quality control are less prevalent; and </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> drug prohibition in the United States has been an unmitigated failure, with a third of Americans self-reporting having used cannabis despite strict penalties against its sale, manufacture and use, and over $1 trillion </span><span class=gmail-m3827334508197203369apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>of taxpayer money in a futile effort to enforce drug laws, including those pertaining to cannabis; and </span></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> the black markets created by these unconstitutional statutes have led to increased violence both in the United States and in other countries such as Mexico where cannabis and other drugs are produced for the U.S. market; and</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> millions and millions of peaceful Americans have been arrested, imprisoned, fined, or otherwise needlessly criminalized and stigmatized, potentially for life, because of their use of cannabis, and the 2 million Drug War prisoners currently behind bars in the United States have given this country the highest documented incarceration rate of any nation on Earth, accounting for a reported 25% the world’s prisoners; and</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> drug prohibition has been the major driver of the practice of asset forfeiture, in which over $13 billion has been seized by law enforcement across the country, often from people who have not been convicted of, or sometimes even charged with, any crime; and </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> this gross violation of legal due process<s>,</s> has incentivized the arbitrary and often discriminatory arrest of U.S. residents in what has come to be known as "policing for profit" ; and</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> unconstitutional statutes attempting to control what people choose to put into their own bodies constitute a vast and dangerous government intervention into people's personal lives violating the cherished American values of individual freedom and choice; and</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>WHEREAS</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> polls now show that most Americans support legalizing cannabis for both medical and recreational use, and voters in multiple states have voted accordingly; </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>NOW THEREFORE </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'>be it resolved that the Libertarian National Committee supports the immediate full legalization and federal de-scheduling of cannabis and industrial hemp products, as a much-needed first step toward ending the destructive "War on Drugs" entirely, in accord with the Libertarian Party's platform.</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>=====<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>I am seeking two additional co-sponsors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>In Liberty,</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Caryn Ann Harlos</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>